# List of University of Illinois songs

This is a list of songs written about, dedicated to, or commonly associated with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Most of the songs have been composed before 1940, and many were originally submitted in campus songwriting contests.

## Presently popular

The following songs still see regular performance at the university, specifically through the Marching Illini. Other organizations, such as the Varsity Men's Glee Club, will also perform these songs. They are strongly recognized as university songs.
| Title | Composer | Lyricist | Written |
| Cheer Illini | Harold Vater Hill '11 | Howard Ruggles Green '12 | 1910 |
| Hail to the Orange | Harold Vater Hill '11 | Howard Ruggles Green '12 | 1910 |
| Illini Fantasy | James Curnow | — | 1970 |
| "Illinois (state song)" | Charles H. Chamberlain | Archibald Johnston | 1870–93 |
| Illinois Loyalty | Thacher Howland Guild | Thacher Howland Guild | 1905–06 |
| Illinois March | Edwin Franko Goldman | Guy Maxwell Duker | 1953 |
| March of the Illini | Harold LaForrest Alford | — | 1928 |
| Oskee Wow-Wow | Harold Vater Hill '11 | Howard Ruggles Green '12 | 1910 |
| Pride of the Illini | Karl Lawrence King | Raymond Francis Dvorak '22 '26 | 1928 |

## Performed in the past

The following songs used to see regular performance through the university band or orchestra, campus glee clubs, or other means. As of recent history, they are no longer performed regularly.
| Title | Composer | Lyricist | Written |
| Academic Professional | Lloyd Morey '11 | Lloyd Morey '11 | 1955 |
| Alma Mater | Arthur Everett Holch Sr. '13 | Ralph Edgar Holch '10 | 1912 |
| Back Illinois | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | 1914 |
| Come, All Ye Loyal Rooters! (Illinois Field Song) | Edward George Oldefest '06 | Edward George Oldefest '06 | 1907 |
| Fight Illini (The Stadium Song) | Rose Josephine Oltusky Edelson '22 | Sampson Miles Raphaelson '17 | 1921 |
| For Good Old Illinois | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | 1914 |
| Grand Illinois | Frederick Locke Lawrence | Samuel Alexander Bullard '78 | 1903 |
| Hail Illinois! | Richard Eugene Kent '21 | Edmund DeForest Swanberg '18 | 1917–18 |
| Have Courage, Illinois | Lewis Daly '20 | Earl Francis Swaim ex-'18 | 1917–18 |
| Illini Fight Song | Floyd John Hirth '30 | Floyd John Hirth '30 | 1938 |
| Illini Overture | John Stanley Crandell | John Stanley Crandell | 1933 |
| Illinois | Albert Emmett Marien '33 | Albert Emmett Marien '33 | 1962 |
| Illinois Battle Call | Ruth Kelso '08 | Ruth Kelso '08 | 1907 |
| Illinois Celebration Song | Thacher Howland Guild | Thacher Howland Guild | 1909 |
| Illinois Forever | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | 1914 |
| Illinois Holabaloo | Rosa Lee Gaut '12 | Rosa Lee Gaut '12 | 1915–16 |
| "Illinois Pep." | Allen Edwin Stearn '17 '19 | Allen Edwin Stearn '17 '19 | 1914–17 |
| Illinois Seniors' Greeting | Adelle Elizabeth McClure '18 | Adelle Elizabeth McClure '18 | 1918 |
| Illinois Sunset Song | Francis Keese Wynkoop Drury '05, Otto William Schreiber '10 | Stephen Sheldon Colvin | 1910 |
| Illinois We Love You | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | 1916 |
| Illinois, We're All Behind You | Allen Edwin Stearn '17 '19 | Allen Edwin Stearn '17 '19 | 1917–18 |
| It's the System (That They Have at Illinois) | Lewis Daly '20, Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | 1917 |
| Let's Go Illinois | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | Arthur Leo Little ex-'14 | 1912 |
| Lights Out March | Earl Ellison McCoy ex-'08 | — | 1902 |
| Loyal Sons of Illinois (The Homecoming Song) | William Dale Donahue '23 | George Victor Buchanan, Jr. '22 | 1921 |
| O Illinois | John Stanley Crandell | John Stanley Crandell | 1928 |
| On Forever, Illinois | John Lawrence Erb | William Chauncy Langdon | 1917 |
| Our University | Mary Elizabeth Mann '09 | Mary Elizabeth Mann '09 | 1907 |
| Siren Song | Thacher Howland Guild | Thacher Howland Guild | 1908 |
| Song of Illinois | A. Leffingwell | William Abbott Oldfather | 1924 |
| Song of the Illini Braves | John Stanley Crandell | John Stanley Crandell | 1929 |
| Sons of Loyalty | Ralph Armond Carlsen '20 | Walter Elliott Hayne '18, Harold J. Orr ex-'20 ex-'22 | 1917–18 |
| Take Me Back to Illinois | Herald Bratt Fites '17 | John Eugene Davis '18 | 1917–18 |
| That's the Way at Illinois | Lucia Alzina Stevens '03 | Lucia Alzina Stevens '03 | 1900–03 |
| Those Good Old Songs They Sing at Illinois | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17 | 1914 |
| A Toast to the Orange and Blue | Daniel Homer Rich '07 | Daniel Homer Rich '07 | 1903–07 |
| University of Illinois March | John Philip Sousa | — | 1929 |
| Where the Boneyard Flows | Herald Bratt Fites '17 | Cyrus Van Ness Clark ex-'18 | 1915 |
| Wide Stand Our Gates | Richard Eugene Kent '21 | Theodore Preston Bourland '23 | 1921 |